Peter Tsantes, the treasurer of the New York chapter of the American Foundation for Greek Language and Culture (AFGLC), along with Despina, his wife, and their children Vasilios and Sophia, donated $100,000 to strengthen the Hellenic studies program at Stony Brook University. The gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the Simons Foundation Challenge Grant, providing a total impact [...]
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Campaign Calls on Greeks Outside of the Country to Support Their Homeland
This is the third year that the weekly newspaper Greek News is running the campaign “This summer we are going to Greece. The least we can do for our homeland.” The New York-based paper reports that, “In a period of intense political volatility for our homeland where its image in the U.S. and in all international [...]
St. Nicholas Greek Festival in Long Island, NY to Raffle Car, Prizes
St. Nicholas Shrine Greek Orthodox Church’s Annual Grecian Festival will take place May 31 until June 3. It will consist of four fun-filled days, and will feature live Greek music by Minore, as well as authentic Greek food, traditional Greek folk dancing, and homemade Greek pastries. Volunteers are needed and no experience is necessary. Thursday, [...]
Greek Pontian Flag Proudly Waved in Manhattan
Pontian Hellenists honored their past all across the world on May 19. Greek-Pontians fight for the international recognition of the historical tragedy that marked their ancestors. They demand that truth be restored, that ethical justice be finally served. That’s the message the Greek-Pontian associations sent in the Metropolitan region of New York two days ago [...]
Greek-American with a $47 million Stake on Facebook talks IPO
Thomas Belesis, the Greek-American CEO of John Thomas Financial, talks about Facebook IPO and the future of the company’s public performance. John Thomas Financial had previously bought a stake of about $47 million in Facebook shares and they plan to buy more. On the day of the IPO on Wall Street, Belesis was very optimistic [...]
Greek Winemakers Visit North America to Promote Greek Wines
Greek winemakers decided to visit North America to promote their wines. Stelios Boutaris, whose family owns the Kir-Yianni winery, said from New York that he does not believe anything worse could happen to Greece. Besides, he has always been a person who sees “the glass half-full.” While Greece heads for new elections on June 17, all [...]
Stars and Scholars Shine at 21st Hellenic Times Scholarship Fund GALA
The 21st Annual Hellenic Times GALA, which took place on May 12 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City, opened with a newscast introduction that featured veteran reporters Ernie Anastos, Alexis Christoforous, as well as chief meteorologist Nick Gregory. Nick Katsoris, the President of the Hellenic Times Scholarship Fund (HTSF), made the opening [...]
Olympic Airlines: A Once Flourishing Means of Travel
One by one, direct flights from New York to Athens are being cancelled. Delta Airlines recently announced its decision to cancel the daily direct flight from New York to Athens and vice versa beginning October 2012. Since 2009, when Olympic Airlines ceased all operations and most flights, Athens has been losing more and more ground [...]
Poll Says Majority of Greeks in USA Will Avoid Voting in Upcoming Elections
According to an informal public opinion polls published by the Greek American News Agency, only one in 100 Greeks in America will travel to Greece in May for the coming governmental elections. One of the most revealing findings of the poll suggests that the majority of Greek Americans feels infuriated over the political situation in [...]
Greece and France Hold Joint Celebration of World Press Freedom Day 2012
Οn the occasion of the annual celebrations for World Press Freedom Day 2012 on May 3, the permanent missions of France and Greece in the UN in cooperation with UNESCO have organized a joint conference on the dangers threatening or hindering journalists from doing their job. The event entitled, “Protecting Journalists: Lessons Learned and Prospects [...]
Paintings of Theodoros Stamos To Be Auctioned At Christie’s
Three paintings of the late Greek-American abstract expressionist painter Theodoros Stamos will be auctioned at Christie’s Fine Art House in New York on May 9. The Auction House’s collection includes many works of distinguished painters of the post-war period. “Extraordinary artworks made by leading contemporary artists from the 1960s through today” will be presented at [...]
“40 Under 40″ Honored in New York
40 Greeks under the age of 40 were honored by the Greek America Foundation. “Greeks are able to do many things” was the slogan of the 3-day-long event, which took place April 27-29 in New York. The 40 Greeks are all successful professionals in every aspect of life and each one of them excels in the [...]
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05 / 23 Greek Relief from Archaeological Museum of Athens Goes on View At Getty Villa
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05 / 23 2012 Global Summit of Women to Take Place in Athens
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05 / 23 Τsantes Family Donates $100,000 in Support of Hellenic Studies Program
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05 / 23 George Tsetsekos to Step Down as Dean of LeBow College
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05 / 22 Campaign Calls on Greeks Outside of the Country to Support Their Homeland
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07 / 23 St. Nicholas of Manhattan in Ruins while Mosque Rises
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08 / 12 John Thomas Financial CEO Thomas Belesis Is Optimistic @FoxBusiness
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11 / 27 Greek American Pihakis Busted by Feds for $5.8 Million
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08 / 03 George Demos Tells Fox News We Must Rebuild St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at Ground Zero
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12 / 27 Greek Orthodox Community of America Renounced Anti-Semitic Statements by Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus
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